好奇心

Chinese

		curious; inquisitive	heart; mind
trad. (好奇心)		好奇	心
simp. ^#(好奇心)		好奇	心

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hàoqíxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ kei⁴ sam¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòⁿ-kî-sim

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hàoqíxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hàocísin
  - Wade–Giles: hao⁴-chʻi²-hsin¹
  - Yale: hàu-chí-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hawchyishin
  - Palladius: хаоцисинь (xaocisinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hou³ kei⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: hou kèih sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ kei⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hou³ kéi⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ kʰei̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòⁿ-kî-sim
  - Tâi-lô: hònn-kî-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvorkisym
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ̃⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ki²⁴⁻²² sim³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁵³ ki¹³⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ̃¹¹⁻⁵³ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ sim⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ̃²¹⁻⁴¹ ki²³⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/

Noun

好奇心

curiosity

Japanese

Kanji in this term
好	奇	心
こう Grade: 4	き Grade: S	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From 好奇 (kōki, “inquisitiveness”) + 心 (shin, “heart”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーきしん [kòókíꜜshìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːkʲiɕĩɴ]

Noun

好(こう)奇(き)心(しん) • (kōkishin)

Derived terms

好奇心旺盛(こうきしんおうせい) (kōkishin ōsei): brimming with curiosity; neophilic

Idioms

好奇心猫(こうきしんねこ)を殺(ころ)す (kōkishin neko o korosu): curiosity killed the cat
好奇心(こうきしん)は猫(ねこ)をも殺(ころ)す (kōkishin wa neko o mo korosu): curiosity killed the cat

Korean

Hanja in this term
好	奇	心

Noun

好奇心 • (hogisim) (hangeul 호기심)

hanja form^? of 호기심 (“curiosity”)